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Newspaper
Clare Sentinel
Location
Clare, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1964
Page
1
Santa Claus of the air age arrives in Clare on Saturday December 12. He will land downtown in a big helicopter to stir up the merry season, with crowds expected to exceed any prior spectator gathering in town.
The Michigan Consolidated Gas Company closes its Clare service and sales office at 515 McEwan, consolidating with Mt. Pleasant. Customers will pay at Citizens Bank & Trust in Clare or by mail to Detroit, and afterhours calls route to Mt. Pleasant. Local leaders protest the move and promotions aim to attract shoppers for the season with events from Santa visits to Stag Night shopping and free parking.
Burglary at Seiter Brothers Lumber Company at 420 W Fifth Clare damaged offices and furniture, opened a heavy safe, and rifled file drawers. About 70 in coin stolen, but most losses from vandalism and damaged equipment, with several hundred dollars in damages overall. Police have leads as they investigate the Sunday incident.
The Citizens Study Committee announces a plan to inform voters about an 8 mill tax for school operating expenses. The slate includes speakers from the committee and related organizations to discuss needs, finances, and why the recommendation was made, with questions invited before the January millage election.
Clare stores stay open until 9 p.m. starting Friday December 11 for gift shoppers. Santa Claus arrives by helicopter Saturday December 12 at 10 a.m. in the Doherty Motor Hotel lot, with a fire truck escort for a city parade. Additional events include a Thursday December 17 Stag Night for shopkeepers, a Saturday December 19 kids film at the Ideal Theatre, and Christmas Eve hours ending by 6 p.m. Free two hour parking across streets and lots from December 11 through Christmas.
A group of twelve Clare County youths from the Clare County Junior Livestock Club will represent the area at the State Junior Livestock Show in Detroit from December 9 to 12. Members include Michael and Patricia Rodabaugh with multiple lambs, the Kleinhardts, Magnus, Penrose siblings with various steers, and additional exhibitors from Clare and Harrison. Bud Dunkle and Jack Rodabaugh accompany the group, with Robert Carter volunteering transport for the animals.
Central Michigan University presents its annual Christmas choral concert in Warriner Auditorium on December 6 at 4 and 8 p.m. A brass ensemble will precede each program from Warriner Tower. William Rivard conducts the brass, Eugene F. Grove directs the combined concert choir, and Stephen Hobson leads the two glee clubs. The public is invited to attend.
Dorothy Lee Furman 31 of Clare died at the scene when her car collided with a tree south of Clare on Old US-27 near Stevenson Lake Road. State police said fatigue or ice caused the 2:45 a.m. mishap as her husband followed in a second car. Funeral services were held at St. Cecilia's Church with burial in St. Cecilia's Cemetery.
Lightning struck the Don Holbrook Sr. farm three miles south and three west of Clare on November 28, leveling a 36 by 62 barn loaded with hay. The total loss was estimated at 4000 to 5000 dollars. Neighbors found the scene at 2 25 a m and Clare Fire Department could not save the building.
A dinner marking St. Henrys School fiftieth anniversary will be held next Sunday December 6 at St. Henrys. Rural parochial in St. Henrys and St. Charles parishes will join the event commemorating classes opened in autumn 1915 after building began in 1914. The noon to five meal features chicken and biscuits vegetables salad dessert and beverage. Festivities honoring founders pioneer committee members and the Sisters who run the school are planned for a future date.
Twenty four percent of farmers worked in factories in addition to farming five years ago, double the 1954 rate. A new farm census is expected to show the figure has risen further.
Bob Walters, City of Clare employee, fell 30 feet Wednesday while in an empty sewer disposal pit. He was aided by pipes he grabbed and rushed by ambulance to Clare General Hospital where Dr. Elmer Sharlow reported a fractured back but good condition overall.
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